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The cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar, Bogota
BogotaThe cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar
The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake

Photos: Bogota by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Bogota or Guilin?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Bogota for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Bogota’s own page.

Choose Guilin for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Guilin’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Bogota 5, Guilin 8: Guilin leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Bogota 66, Guilin 45: Bogota leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Bogota 68, Guilin 40: Bogota leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Bogota 72, Guilin 30: Bogota leads by 42 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bogota 64, Guilin 88: Guilin leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Bogota 52, Guilin 56: Guilin leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Bogota and Guilin are level on 45.
Getting around. Bogota 36, Guilin 45: Guilin leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Bogota 52, Guilin 28: Bogota leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Bogota 77, Guilin 78: Guilin leads by 1 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bogota 64, Guilin 30: Bogota leads by 34 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bogota 28, Guilin 40: Guilin leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bogota and Guilin.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Bogota
Best match
52match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Guilin
44match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Bogota in July

17 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
49 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 hdaylight a day

Guilin in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
248 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BogotaGuilin

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bogota: 1991-2020 normals, Bogota / Eldorado (14.1 km from centre). Guilin: 1991-2020 normals, Guilin (7.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBogotaGuilin
Official languageSpanishPutonghua
CurrencyColombian Peso (COP)Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzACI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+8
Emergency number123Police 110, ambulance 120, fire 119
Elevation2,582 m153 m
Main airportEl Dorado International Airport (BOG)13 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days6 days

By the numbers

MeasureBogotaGuilin
City population8,034,6494,931,137
People per km²5,092-
Museums within 10 km301
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01

Where else could you go?

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.